Notable residents of Lexington, Kentucky
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Following are famous people and celebrities who were either born/raised or have lived for a significant period of time in the Lexington, Kentucky metropolitan area:
David "Uncle Dave" Kiser, Former Sheriff and Bluegrass Musician Others: Vince Gill: Country music singer
[edit] References
- ^ (1967) Who Was Who in America, Historical Volume, 1607-1896. Marquis Who's Who.
[edit] See also
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| David Akers | National Football League kicker. |
| James L. Alcorn | Deputy sheriff of Lexington, later United States Senator from Mississippi [1]. |
| John Breckinridge | |
| John C. Breckinridge | |
| Belle Brezing | Brothel madame. |
| Laura Bell Bundy | Actress. |
| Philip Cash | Music producer. |
| Thomas D. Clark | Historian & author. |
| Henry Clay | Politician. |
| George Clooney | Actor. |
| Drew Curtis | Businessman & founder of Fark. |
| Chase Daniels | National radio personality. |
| Guy Davenport | Author. |
| Jefferson Davis | Politician. |
| Dermontti Dawson | Former NFL player. |
| Henry Earl | Local street personality and AI multi |
| Farah Fath | Actor. |
| Henry Faulkner | Artist. |
| Ralph Foody | Actor. |
| Gatewood Galbraith | Author, lawyer, hemp advocate, and personal rights defender. |
| Tyson Gay | Sprinter; 2007 World Champion at 100 and 200 meters. |
| Rayna Gellert | Bluegrass fiddler |
| Troy Gentry | Musician. |
| Joe B. Hall | Basketball coach. |
| Tom Hammond | NBC sportscaster. |
| Han Kuo-Huang | Ethnomusicologist. |
| Benjamin Gardner | Wizard. |
| Michael A. Hartman | Computer Game developer and founder of Frogdice, Inc. |
| Richard Hell | Punk-rock Godfather. |
| Josh Hopkins | Actor. |
| Ashley Judd | Actor. |
| Gregory Kaidanov | Chess grandmaster |
| Austin Kearns | Major League Baseball player with the Washington Nationals. |
| Mary Todd Lincoln | Wife of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. |
| William Lipscomb | Nobel Prize in Chemistry |
| Brian Littrell | Musician. |
| Shirley Ardell Mason | a.k.a. Sybil |
| Les McCann | Jazz musician & painter. |
| Ralph Eugene Meatyard | Photographer. |
| Irene Moon | Also known as Katja Chantre Seltmann, musician. |
| Charles Chilton Moore | |
| John Hunt Morgan | Civil War General. |
| Thomas Hunt Morgan | Geneticist. |
| Gurney Norman | Author, University of Kentucky professor. |
| J. Peterman | Businessman. |
| Rick Pitino | Basketball coach. |
| Kevin Richardson | Musician. |
| Gil Rogers | Actor. |
| Adolph Rupp | Basketball coach. |
| Robert Schneider | Musician. |
| Eric Shelton | National Football League runningback. |
| Tubby Smith | Basketball coach. |
| Harry Dean Stanton | Actor. |
| Walter Tevis | Author of Mockingbird, The Hustler, and The Color of Money. |
| John Tuska | Artist. |
| Jim Varney | Actor & comedian. |
| Steve Zahn | Actor. |
